La Terra e il Cielo is an organic agriculture co-operative founded in 1980 in the Marche Region, Italy. It can be considered as one of the pioneer companies to invest in the field of Italian organic production. The co-operative incorporates 100 associate farms that contribute raw materials; many of them are located in the inland of the Marche and play a very important role in terms of environmental protection and sound rural development.

La Terra e il Cielo has an ethical structure based on:Ecological approach, Anti-GMO actions, Democratic management, Co-operative work, Profits used for social purposes, Support for small organic producers, Fairtrade, Social economy network promotion.

Among many other international awards, at the beginning of 2009, La Terra e il Cielo received the Silver Medal for the best durum wheat semolina pasta and wholewheat pasta from the Testzentrum Lebensmittel of Deutsche Landwirtschafts-Gesellschaft (DLG).

Firstly, thank you for your custom. However, I am writing to let you know that unfortunately we are suspending the Ethically Essential service. We intend to re-launch our online shop on a different platform as soon as possible but for now, we are choosing to focus on what we do best- wholesaling. So, our advice for the time being is to check your local independent health food shop for our products (you will not find us in supermarkets on principle). We also offer delivery to buying groups of several households- a great way to save money on your shopping and to minimise on unnecessary packaging: more info about minimum orders for buying groups on our website http://www.essential-trading.coop/ (click on ‘our services' and select buying groups from the drop down menu).

We will let you know by email when you can begin to use our new and improved service for buying online.

We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience. Thank you again for your custom and we hope you will continue to enjoy Essential products via other platforms.